"She's here now--she's up-stairs this very minute."
"Oh, thank the Lord----"
"Don't speak, or the poor thing will hear you. And don't be angry with her either, and if you brought the Sheriff to take her back----"
"I brought the Sheriff! What are you saying, you crazy woman?"
"Then can't we let her stay a little longer? It isn't every day she has the chance----"
"She can stay all night for me, Margret."
"That is impossible--the Factor is so frightened. And then there's the Governor----"
"That's true," said Anna.
"But she can safely stay an hour more with her child, can't she?" said Aunt Margret.
"Just one hour more," said Anna.